# Fractures at Copia Specialty Contractors, Inc.
> OSHA SIR `2018088705` · 8/23/2018 · PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE
## Severity
- **1 hospitalization**
- **Body part:** Shoulder(s), including clavicle(s), scapula(e)
- **Nature of injury:** Fractures
## Cause
- **Event:** Caught in running equipment or machinery during regular operation
- **Source:** Aerial lifts, scissor lifts-except truck-mounted
## Employer
- **Name:** Copia Specialty Contractors, Inc.
- **Location:** Pease Air Force Base, PORTSMOUTH, NEW HAMPSHIRE, 03801
- **NAICS:** 332996
- **Jurisdiction:** 1
## Narrative

An employee was painting steel beams from an aerial lift. The lift basket got caught on a metal beam while the lift was moving and when it freed the employee was thrown against another beam. The employee sustained a fractured shoulder.

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